Bug 1696112 (CVE-2018-18497) - CVE-2018-18497 firefox: WebExtensions can load arbitrary URLs through pipe separators
Summary: CVE-2018-18497 firefox: WebExtensions can load arbitrary URLs through pipe se...
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2018-18497
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Blocks: 1692767
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Reported: 2019-04-04 07:44 UTC by msiddiqu
Modified: 2021-02-25 16:50 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: firefox 64
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Last Closed: 2019-04-05 03:13:11 UTC

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Description msiddiqu 2019-04-04 07:44:35 UTC 
Limitations on the URIs allowed to WebExtensions by the browser.windows.create API can be bypassed when a pipe in the URL field is used within the extension to load multiple pages as a single argument. This could allow a malicious WebExtension to open privileged about: or file: locations. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 64.

External References: 
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-29/#CVE-2018-18497

References: 
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1488180
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